Looking for an update on the UAlbany/Nano divorce?

Well, State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher had little for you — or state Sen. Liz Krueger — Thursday morning at the Legislature’s joint hearing on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2014-15 higher education budget.

Nancy Zimpher says the planning to split @ualbany and the NanoCollege “continues to be a work in progress.”

“We actually haven’t reached a decision on how it’s going to happen — and it hasn’t happened yet — but we can fully keep the Legislature informed of that progress,” Vice Chancellor James Malatras told lawmakers.

The separation is scheduled to happen within the 2014-15 academic year. And while University at Albany brass did not publicly fight the loss of their most prestigious and wealthy offspring — formally the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering — others in the university community did question exactly what benefit UAlbany is getting out of the deal.